Machine for preparing accounting instruments



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MACHINE FOR PREPARING ACCOUNTING INSTRUMENTS 44 Sheets-Sheet 17 Filed Dec.

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1. IN A MACHINE FOR PREPARING ACCOUNTING INSTRUMENTS UNDER CONTROL OF RECORDS; MEANS FOR STATICALLY SENSING A PLURALITY OF SAID RECORDS; A MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE; MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID STATIC SENSING MEANS FOR RECORDING DATA FROM THE RECORDS ONTO SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE; AN ACCUMULATOR; MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID SENSING MEANS FOR ENTERING AMOUNTS INTO SAID ACCUMULATOR FOR COMPUTATION; A MAGAZINE WITH ACCOUNTING INSTRUMENTS; MEANS FOR FEEDING SAID INSTRUMENTS SUCCESSIVELY OUT OF SAID MAGAZINE; A PRINTING MECHANISM INCLUDING SELECTIVELY SETTABLE DEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PRINTING ON BOTH SIDES OF EACH ACCOUNTING INSTRUMENT AT A SINGLE PRINTING STATION THROUGH WHICH SAID INSTRUMENTS PASS SUCCESSIVELY; MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID STATIC SENSING MEANS AND SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE AND SAID ACCUMULATOR FOR CONTROLLING THE SELECTION OF THE SETTINGS OF SAID SETTABLE DEVICES, SAID PRINTING MECHANISM THEREBY BEING SELECTIVELY SET TO RECORD DATA DERIVED FROM SAID RECORDS ONTO BOTH SIDES OF SAID ACCOUNTING INSTRUMENTS; AND A PUNCHING MECHANISM COOPERATING WITH EACH INSTRUMENT SUCCESSIVELY, SAID PUNCHING MECHANISM BEING CONTROLLED BY SAID SENSING DEVICES AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE AND ACCUMULATOR TO PERFORATE EACH INSTRUMENT WITH DATA RELATED TO THE DATA PRINTED THEREON. 